Show 1 BAD EFFECTS OF NIGHT WORK Tha Cause df Intemperance Among Many People People who engage in night work said Prof Wilkins Superintendent of the Washington Home are almost sure to become addicted to immoderate drinking This 15 particularly true of persons who apply themselves closely to their work and become intensely interested in-terested in it What the reason for this i It is because they do not get enough natural sleep to repair the wornout nerve calls which the strain of thought and anxiety have broken down When the man who works At night tries to sleep the worry and excitement ex-citement of his waking hours drive slumber away from him His nerves are unstrung and they keep him wide awake He finds no natural rest Consequently Con-sequently he takes to drink which suspends sus-pends perception and affords him an alcoholic sleep Tin effects of alcohol as an anaesthetic are dreadful It acton I act-on the nerves io as to injure them and still conce1 the fact When a man finds that he must either workless work-less than he is doing or else must use I alcohol to keep himself up he usuallv chooses the later excellent with all its dreadful consequences My experience exper-ience has been that it is practically impossible im-possible to reform a night worker unless un-less he gives up night work entirely Almost surely as he continues working work-ing at nights he fails to pet enough natural sleep and he thus falls easily again into intemperate habits S Who are the most likely to become drunkards 1 Those who possess the brightest intellects They have strong emotions strong desires Frpm their ranks como many of the inmates of this institution At one time we had here under treatment treat-ment eight physicians five lawyers four clergymen and two editors They were all men Who worked more or less at night Then we find among our inmates in-mates many telegraph operators printers prin-ters and steamboatmen Night work inmost in-most cases is primarily what brings allot all-ot them here Why cannotnatural sleep be secured in the day time lit can be if the strain on the nerves during the hours of work has not been so great as to prevent it I d3 not believe however that sleep in the daytime day-time is to anyone as refreshing as sleep at night People sleep brokenly who sleep by day Matters come rp which induce them to leave their bed too soonWhat is the amount of nauril leep required to keep one in sound health About eight hours out ot eve y twentyfour Many people require more or less than this amount I Can no one engage in night work satelvWell Well it is dangepous under nearly all circumstances Every body should know that such is the fact and govern hemselves accordingly Chicago Times |